This creamy coconut ice cream recipe is a vegan and dairy free dessert
you can make at home, with no ice cream maker required!
Make this coconut ice cream on your own with only 4 ingredients!
In just a few easy steps, and with many different
flavor options, a luxurious bowl of rich homemade coconut milk ice cream can be
all yours!
Chocolate
Coconut Ice Cream
Simply add ¼ cup of cocoa powder in the start to basically turn the vanilla version into chocolate coconut.
Peanut Butter Ice Cream: Stir one fourth cup peanut butter into the liquid
ingredients, and add some mini chocolate chips if desired.
Cookie Dough Ice Cream: Use the basic ice cream recipe. Stir in small
spoonfuls of this Chickpea Cookie Dough Dip or pieces of your favorite
eggless cookie dough (or the dough from any of my healthy cookies recipes) into
the ice cream after blending.
Strawberry Ice Cream: Add one cup strawberries, stems removed, to the basic
recipe before blending. Omit the extra half cup milk of choice.
Salted Caramel Ice Cream: To make salted caramel icecream first you have
to take homemade coconut caramel and swirl then add sprinkle of shaved
chocolate along with sea salt on top of serving.
You can make Coconut Curry or my homemade
Chocolate Truffles.
You can use it for Coconut Whipped Cream. Or you
can even add coconut milk instead of cow’s milk to this reader favorite dessert
recipe for Chocolate Banana Bread.
Especially with statistics listing over 60-75% of
the world’s population as being lactose intolerant, my guess is that in the
coming years, we will start to see more and more products on the market being
made with coconut milk instead of dairy.
Can you make ice cream with coconut milk?
Yes, you absolutely can! If you have dairy allergies or are vegan, or even
if you just want to try something new and delicious, coconut milk is the
perfect ingredient to make rich and creamy ice cream without any actual cream.
However, by making your own ice cream at home, not
only do you control what ingredients go in (less sugar, and no corn syrup,
gums, or preservatives), you also get to choose what flavors to make.
You can even make multiple flavors from the same
base. Have fun experimenting!
*Side Note: If you want a lower-fat ice cream
alternative that is also dairy free and vegan, check out the following healthy
recipe for Banana Ice Cream
One more thing I want to mention here is that homemade ice cream is best
on the day its made because of lack of preservatives etc. The day its made will
have the creamiest texture.
However, if you don’t mind a bit of an icy
texture, you can technically store leftovers frozen in a covered container for
up to a few weeks, thawing before eating.
For that rounded classic ice cream appearance, I
like to scoop out the frozen dessert with an ice cream scoop instead of a spoon.
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